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Awesome!!!

Great result and good fixes of the issues. Thank you for this fun and informative thread. Awesome to know that your friend liked the model and that you have successfully completed the build. Cheers to this one and the next ones! :) :CHEERS:

He should get a houseboat next time. Much less hassles. ;)

Cool! I love the custom base. :)

Awesome work! Everything is so precise and clean! :)

:surprise::surprise::surprise: Holy cow, this is massive! A true behemoth, size-wise and I don't even want to think about the weight!

Well, it DID. :cool:

Wow! This is outstanding!!!

My mom and I wish you a safe journey and a pleasant trip. We hope that everything goes smooth and hassle-free. :)

This is a great start! :)

This looks "unreal real"! :)

Howdee fans! In 2021 I found several images of the original filming miniature by E. James Small. A few weeks ago I dug them out to compare my model with the original to see how my model could be refined. The pictures were very insightful because they showed the model from all sides in almost...

Beautiful!!!

This is not a quick fix. Finding those reference pictures is a double-edged sword. On the one hand it helps improving the model, on the other hand it means much line work to do. However I am glad that I found them before the revision was released because then I had to revise everything again.

Yesterday I came across some very detailed views of the original miniature. Half of the paneling on the underside is washed out due to the lighting but what is there gives me enough info to fill in the blanks. The most interesting find is that the underside is constructed much like the...

Use whatever works for you. There are many ways to achieve your goals. :)

I'm a big fan of cereal boxes and corrugated packaging boxes. You can laminate as many layers as possible and at the same time you are recycling resources because the boxes would go into the trash otherwise. Of course one layer of chipboard may be stronger than one layer of regular card, so I...

Good strategy. If a part looks crude it wasn't the builder, it was the cam. ;) :biggrin:

Hello and welcome to the forum! Have fun and enjoy! :)

To be honest, I was shocked to see the close-ups of the lamps I cut out for the house I built. They looked so crude in the pics but so pleasant with the naked eye. :)